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A local innkeeper knows New Mexico secrets and tells anyone who will listen.Tue, 02 Jun 2015 05:35:39 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.3By: Chris Littlehttp://www.adobenido.com/blog/2009/albuquerque/villanueva-nm-spanish-colonial-village-and-beautiful-setting-for-a-new-mexico-state-park/comment-page-1/#comment-29470
Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:08:06 +0000http://www.adobenido.com/blog/albuquerque-nm/villanueva-nm-spanish-colonial-village-and-beautiful-setting-for-a-new-mexico-state-park/#comment-29470The my mother was born in Villanueva, and I still have relatives there. My grandparents are buried in the graveyard there. I grew up in Denver and lived there untill I was about 20. After that, I lived in North Carolina, Missouri, Nurnberg, and traveled all over the eastern U.S., from Indiana to Florida. In ’96 I came to Albuquerque, met my wife, and settled down. My wife and I bought my grandparents house, and we will someday move into it and restore it. By the way, the population is only about 300. Wikipedia lists it at about 280. That picture at the top IS the town, except for a few lower houses. 3.5 people per square mile must mean San Juan county. In August, people roast chile, and the whole valley is filled with the aroma. There used to be a lot of orchards, and a lot of people still have a few fruit trees, but alfalfa is the only real farming activity now. Of course, some people still grow a few acres of crops, but it’s really a hobby. And there’s the fiesta every July, which starts as a parade in Sena a few miles up highway 3. It goes right by our house and ends at the church, a short walk down the road. There is food, bands, and equestrian shows. The dancing goes well past midnight… Some day we will live there.
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Wed, 11 Jun 2014 03:42:51 +0000http://www.adobenido.com/blog/albuquerque-nm/villanueva-nm-spanish-colonial-village-and-beautiful-setting-for-a-new-mexico-state-park/#comment-29387My grandfather Abenancio Montano was born April 01,1875 in a town which is Now Villanueva, New Mexico which was once known as La Cuesta which is hill or slope in Spanish.Some Cibolaro Buffalo hunter’s of the 19th century originated from Villanueva.It was renamed in 1890,for a prominent local family.
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Wed, 28 May 2014 03:13:24 +0000http://www.adobenido.com/blog/albuquerque-nm/villanueva-nm-spanish-colonial-village-and-beautiful-setting-for-a-new-mexico-state-park/#comment-29360Patsy, Bonifacio Flores was a first cousin to my dad. Boni went to Pueblo, CO in 1953 to see my dad. They had a great time and went out to celebrate.
My Grandfather Alfredo Flores married Virginia Gonzales and they had 4 children, Florentina, Donato, Senovia and Antonio.
I was born in Villanueva in 1945. I have been to Villanueva several times and I miss the people and church where I was baptized.
If you know someone who is directly related please let me know.
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